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Eugenia jamholana (affin.), No. 241. 



Small tree, 15 feet high, 5 inch diameter, under- 

 growth in rain forest. 



Leaves. — Simple, opposite; petiole, i inch; blade, 

 6 to 7 x 3 to 3 -J inches; oval to ovate; glabrous, 

 coriaceous, acuminate. 



Flowers. — CaulifloraL Racemose panicles arising 

 from the trunk of the tree as low as 3 inches 

 from the ground, and standing out stiffly at 

 right angles to the stem. 



Fruit. — A red velvety drupe, 1 x § inch. Obovoid 

 stigma persistent, containing exalbuminous nut, 

 \ inch long. 



Smooth ; grey, mottled with red. 



2 



Bark. 



Wood. — White to vellow-brown. 



Locality. — Hydrographer's. 



Date. — Flowers in August. 



Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



Eugenia jambos Linn, No. 791. 



Leaves. — Large. 

 Flowers. — White. 



Fruit. — Pink, 3^ inches diameter. A drupe con- 

 taining round nut, -| inch diameter. 

 Locality. — Malu. (Middle Sepik, 230 miles up). 

 Date.— 19th July. 

 Native name/ — Kap (Awatib). 

 Remarks. — Good eating. Cultivated throughout 



Mat 



this Territory. 



Leaves, fruit and flowers. 



.Eugenia javanica Lam., No. 806. 



A medium tree, wide spreading, 5 feet in girth, 



and GO feet high. 

 Leaves.- — Opposite, large; rather fleshy. 



Flowers. — White in terminal and axillary panicles. 



1 had the usual difficulty in finding open flowers 



that occurs with all this tribe. 

 Fruit. — Only saw green immature fruit, 3 inches 



long, 1 inch diameter, with persistent style and 



usual Barringtonia shape. 

 Bark. — Grey-brown, scaly. 



Locality. — Bau-ung. 

 Date. — 24th August. 

 .Native name. — Ngoro 



Renin i'ks. 



(Baining). 



The fruit is eaten. 



This 



species la 



confined to the sand beach, and grows next door 

 to the big 11. speciosa. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, flowers, buds. 



Eugenia sp., No. 287. 



A medium-sized tree, 6 feet in girth, with a bole 

 of 40 feet, and 80 feet over all. Small buttresses. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, \ inch; blade, 

 6 to 12 by 2 to 3 inches; elliptical, acuminate, 

 glabrous, thin. Young leaves red and mango 



like. 

 Later. — Leaves were collected from a more mature 

 tree; simple, alternate; petiole, J inch; blade, 

 4^ to 6 x 2 to 3 inches; obovate to elliptical; 

 obtuse, glabrous, coriaceous; midrib and veins 



yellow, prominent. 

 Bark. — Grey; fairly smooth. Inner bark brown. 



Solution colourless; no precipitate. 

 Wood. — Sap, 4 inches, pale-yellow. Heart a beau- 



tiful red, streaked with gold. 



Rays. 



220. Red-brawn; wavy. 



ous; 1.50th inch deep, specks 



somewhat si inl- 

 and lines on 



quarter. Pores. — Clear, 1,500; rather vari- 

 able in size; single and irregularly septate; 

 ' radial, tangential, diagonal groups of 4, &c. 



Soft tissue. 



Clear. 



Fine lines about same 

 thickness as rays, but not so clear cut, yet more 





visible. They are wavy, but on the whole con- 

 tinuous, and 100 to the inch, now close together ; 

 now separated by 1-1 0th inch or so. General. — 

 A golden coloured wood with red streaks which 

 show up beautifully on the back. They occur 

 as red rings at irregular intervals 



cross section of the wood, 

 colourless : 



through 



a 



Solution wood; 



; green precipitate. 

 per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Baroi. 

 Date.- — October. 



Cuts firm; 41 lb. 



Native name. 

 Remarks. 



m One 



woods in Papua. 



Hekakoro (Vailala). 

 of the most beautiful 



cabinet 



Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



Eugenia sp., No. 89. 



Medium tree, 5 feet girth, and 40 feet over all. 



Not buttressed, but stem is channelled. 



Leaves. — Simple, opposite, sessile or sub 



sen- 



ile, 

 lanceolate; blade up to 10 inches long by 3^ 



inches wide; entire, glabrous. 



Flowers. — Axillary, and frequently low down on 

 the old wood of the bole. 



bark 

 p re- 



Bark. — Greeny-grey, fairly smooth. 



Wrown. Solution tawny; 



ier 



strong 



Tin 



blim 



cipitate. 





Wood. — Sapwood, yellow for -| inch; heart, light- 

 brown for 3 inches, then very dark-brown. 



Kays. — 210. Yellow. Wavy, more or less sinuous 



around, and broken by pores. 



minute specks on quarter. Less 



inch deep. Tores. — Between 7,000 and 10,000: 



Show up as 

 than 1-1 00th 



very close 



single and 



Set, very small, 



radiallv 



numerous; 



Locality'.' 



eimauri, Aroa. 



very 



septate (2 to 3). Fairly 

 evenly scattered. Soft tissue. — Very numerous; 



fine concentric lines link up pores. General. 

 A brown wood with a very dense grain. Solu- 

 tion wood: discoloured; blue precipitate. Cuts 



hard; 52 lh. per cubic foot. 



•Vanapa, V 



Date. — Flowers from April to June. 



"Native names. — Fotai-a (Suku), Maita Maita 

 (Motu). 



.Remarks.— The fruit is said to be edible. 

 Material collected. — Leaves and one flower, wood 

 and bark. 



Eugenia sp., No. 92. 



• A large tree, 7 feet in girth, and a 50 feet bole. 



Heavily buttressed. . . 



Leaves. — Simple, opposite; petiole, \ to \ inch; 



blade, 5 to 9 x 3 to 4 inches; entire, thinly; 



coriaceous, glabrous, double marginal vein. 

 Bark.- — Grey-brown, scaly. 



Inner bark lisrht- 



brown. 



Wood. — Sap ill-defined. Starting pale-yellow 



merges into light-brown. 

 Locality. — Vanapa. 

 Date.— May, 1922. 



Native names. — Lnvutate 



(Doura). 

 Material collected.- — Lea ves 



Eugenia sp., No. 68. 



(Suku), Bisi Bisi 



A large tree, Ci foot girth with a 50 feet hole. 

 Buttressed up to 4 feet. 



Leaves.— Simple, opposite; petiole \ inch. Blade 

 5 to 5| by 2 to 2\ incites; lanceolate; acumi- 

 nate; entire; glabrous; thin. 



Bark. — \ inch thick; scaly; dark-brown: Inner 

 bark yellow. 



Wood.— Sap ill-defined, merging into heart; yellow. 



